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Actress ELLEN BARKIN is facing a multi-million dollar lawsuit from her tycoon ex-husband RON PERELMAN - who claims she stole money from a production company he financed.
The Revlon cosmetics boss’ suit names Barkin and her brother George as co-defendants.
Perelman alleges the Barkins formed Applehead II to compete with Applehead I - which he had formed with them - and then stole money from the original company to pay for their new one.
He also claims she used his money to pay for a lawsuit she filed against him, and pay George Barkin a $250,000 (£125,000)-a-year salary.
He is seeking unspecified compensatory damages, punitive damages and the return of misappropriated assets.
Perelman and Barkin, 54, divorced in 2006.

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Surfing hunk KELLY SLATER has dismissed rumours of a romance with KIRSTEN DUNST - because he’s not even met the actress.
The extreme sports star - who has previously hooked up with Cameron Diaz and Israeli model Bar Rafaeli - was recently said to have a new love in the Spider-Man beauty, but Slater denies having anything to do with Dunst.
He tells TMZ.com, "I have no idea what that’s about. I’ve never met her my whole life."

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LATEST: The victim of LINDSAY LOHAN’s 2005 Hollywood car crash has retrieved the actress’ bar bill to prove she was under the influence when the accident occurred.
Lohan is being sued by Raymundo Ortega for crashing her Mercedes-Benz into his red van in Los Angeles, after allegedly drinking at celebrity hotspot The Ivy.
The Mean Girls star has refuted claims she had consumed alcohol during her lunch date with pals and says the police report of the incident will prove her innocence against Ortega’s allegations.
But Ortega has now gotten hold of the actress’ restaurant bill, which shows the party of five ordered four Ivy Gimlets - a strong vodka and mint cocktail, reports TMZ.com.
And he hopes the new evidence will be enough for a judge to rule in his favour over the negligence lawsuit - although there is no way of knowing if Lohan, then 19, drank the cocktail.
Lohan - who was recently ordered to give a videotaped deposition in relation to the lawsuit - has filed a countersuit to fight the claims, and is seeking damages of $75,000 (£37,500) from Ortega.
A trial date of 7 April (08) has been set for both cases.

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Actress JULIA ROBERTS lost her temper with a paparazzo recently when she ordered him to stop attempting to take pictures of her young children.
The mother-of-three was driving her two-year-old twins Hazel and Phinnaeus in Los Angeles on Wednesday (28Nov07), when she decided to confront an overzealous snapper, reports TMZ.com.
Taking advice from her Ocean’s Eleven co-star George Clooney, Roberts honked the horn of her Mercedes-Benz sports utility vehicle (SUV) and forced the photographer to pull over before storming over to scold the shocked paparazzo.
An enraged Roberts told the cameraman, "Listen, you can turn your videocamera off. You’re at a school where children go. Turn it off." Earlier this month (19Nov07), a videotape of Clooney angrily confronting two photographers for driving dangerously surfaced online.

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New York mayor MICHAEL BLOOMBERG dreams of a career in the movies, and used Tuesday’s (27Nov07) Gotham awards to lobby Hollywood film makers.
As a guest at the New York ceremony, Bloomberg promoted his cameo in the forthcoming Sex and the City movie - and insisted he could be a big star.
He told the crowd, "If you need a rugged-type mayor, I know just the guy. I can dance, I can speak Spanish and I can drive a stick."

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BILL COSBY, DOLLY PARTON and RAY ROMANO’s careers with be the subject of a new book written by veteran Hollywood agent SAM HASKELL.
But Haskell - who retired from the William Morris Agency three years ago at age 49 - says his former clients need not worry about a juicy tell-all memoir, insisting his aim is to "share my journey and adventures and how I went through what they call the shark-filled waters" of the entertainment industry.
He says, "I have a lot to say and a lot of examples that will be used, but it’s not the kind of thing someone would have to be afraid of." The book, written with David Rensin and published by Ballantine Books, will be released within the next two years.

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GREY’S ANATOMY star CHYLER LEIGH filmed love scenes for a 1997 B-movie with her real life brother.
Fans of the hit TV show have unearthed Kickboxing Academy, and are shocked to discover Leigh kissing her sibling Christopher Khayman Lee, when she was just 15.
While Leigh, 25, plays Lexie Grey in the U.S. show, Lee, 29, is most famous as the Red Power Ranger in Power Rangers in Space.

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DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES star KYLE McLACHLAN is launching his own wine.
The actor has teamed up with a vineyard in Washington state to create a Cabernet called Pursued By Bear.
McLachlan told American TV host Regis on Thursday’s (29Nov07) Live with Regis & Kelly, "I went in with a friend who’s a real winemaker. We made a wine together and it’s going to be released in September. It’s grown up in Washington state. They are producing some fantastic wine up there, so I made a Cabernet with Tim Dunham of Dunham cellars.
"It’s called Pursued By Bear. I challenge you to forget that name. It’s actually a Shakespearean stage direction from Winter’s Tale. Actors are actually chased off stage by a bear. It’s catchy."

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British screenwriter MARK BURTON and playwright DAVID EDGAR were among the protestors showing their support for Hollywood’s striking writers by holding their own rally in London.
The Writers Guild of America union members have been on strike since 5 November (07) after a dispute over royalties for material distributed over the Internet.
And their U.K. counterparts have come out in force to help raise awareness of the WGA’s plight, by setting up a picket line outside the Trades Union Congress building in London on Wednesday (28Nov07), holding red and black placards which read: "We support the Writers Guild of America".
Burton, who has worked on animated comedies Madagascar and Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, says, "(The issue at stake was) how you pay creative artists in the digital world.
"Producers see an opportunity to seize more territory for themselves." And Edgar, president of the Writers’ Guild of Great Britain, compared writers’ relationship to their work to "the widget-maker’s relationship to the widget once it is made - that is, none at all." Similar protests were also held in Paris, France; Berlin, Germany, and four Australian cities.

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U.S. property tycoon DONALD TRUMP’s bid to build a $1 billion (£500 million) golf resort in Scotland has been thrown out by protective locals.
Trump had hoped to build an eight storey five-star hotel, two championship golf courses and 950 timeshare holiday apartments beside Aberdeenshire.
But the Apprentice star heard on Thursday (29Nov07) that his plans had been blocked by Aberdeenshire Council after they ruled against the expansive planning application.
And Trump will be particularly annoyed to find there was just one single vote swaying the judgement.
Trump’s aide, George Sorial, said the business mogul had not yet decided whether to appeal against the decision: "Obviously we are very disappointed. We do have options elsewhere in the U.K. and we will sit down now and look at that… We haven’t made a formal decision yet." The ambitious project had been riddled with problems from the offset. Last month (Oct07) Trump battled local salmon fisherman Michael Forbes, who was refusing to sell his rustic house in the middle of the proposed golf course.

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Iconic British artist SIR PETER BLAKE has been appointed Artist-in-Residence for motorsports body Formula One.
And the man dubbed the godfather of British Pop Art - famed for designing the cover of the Beatles’ Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band album - says he couldn’t be more excited about the prospect.
He admits, "I think I’m going to enjoy this very much."

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Teen pop sensations THE JONAS BROTHERS are recording their next album on the move - on their MILEY CYRUS tourbus.
The sibling trio are currently supporting the Hannah Montana star on her marathon 54-date arena tour in the U.S.
And with little time to spare to lay down tracks for their upcoming album, The Jonas Brothers have transformed their bus into a state-of-the-art recording studio.
Guitarist Kevin Jonas says, "We approached Gibson (Guitar) saying ‘What can you do to help us?’ Our goal is to never stop and get it while it’s hot. We could have a finished record within the next month." But the 19-year-old admits the mobile studio is not without its drawbacks.
He adds, "It’s weird, because I’m used to my gear. I’m used to a full-on studio with (music software system) ProTools - no limitations. This has limitations."

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GLORIA ESTEFAN has called on American Republican presidential candidates to decide where they stand on immigrations.
The Cuban-born singer used her guest slot on American TV talk show The View on Thursday (29Nov07) to speak out for others like her.
Referring to a Republican debate aired on Wednesday (28Nov07) in the U.S., Estefan said, "They’ve been avoiding the immigration question. There needs to be a plan for immigration. I’m an immigrant. We need to do something."

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British singer MORRISSEY is too "institutionalised" to release his next album as an Internet-only download like RADIOHEAD.
The former Smiths frontman, 48, has just signed a deal with record label Polydor/Decca, with a view to release his ninth solo album next year (Sep08).
And although the Hand In Glove hitmaker is impressed by rockers Radiohead’s move to release In Rainbows as a digital download - allowing customers to choose their own price - he deems it an idealistic step that doesn’t appeal to him.
He says, "If they (Radiohead) think that can work that that’s a wonderful world. And yes, you can look at record companies and you can easily assess that they’ve been ripping people off for years and years and years. The whole process is a gigantic rip off. But then there are people like me who need to be institutionalised… and I don’t mean in an asylum! "Believing that several thousand people are working to get your music heard is more inspiring to me than anything else." Morrissey’s last album, The Ringleader of the Tormentors, reached number one in the U.K. in 2006. It was released on Sanctuary Records but that deal ended earlier this year (07).

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Singing legend FRANK SINATRA is making a comeback nine years after his death his family have signed a deal with Warner Bros. to give his music a new lease of life.
Warner has set up a ‘global partnership’ with the Sinatra estate to manage all of his music, films and stage work, and handle all licensing of his name and likeness.
Their partnership - called Frank Sinatra Enterprises - was brokered by the superstar’s three children Nancy, Tina and Frank Sinatra Jr.
A statement released by the Sinatras reads, "We were extremely selective in choosing a partner with whom to manage our father’s life work. It was a process that took several years." Warners hopes it can emulate the success Elvis Presley has achieved since his death, through re-releases. The King’s estate recently announced profits of $49 million (£24.5 million) in the last year (06-07).

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Country music legend WILLIE NELSON has risked being thrown in jail by appearing on the cover of pro-marijuana magazine High Times, holding the drug.
In September last year (06), the 74-year-old singer was fined and given six months probation after being found guilty of possession of large amounts of marijuana.
But it hasn’t stopped him supporting the drug and those who use it. As well as gracing the magazine’s cover; Nelson has performed at a recent Texas benefit concert for the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML).
A probation officer has told the New York Daily News Nelson is unlikely to land in trouble because of the picture of him holding the drug.

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A Cambodian boy sleeps with his pet snake every night.
Sambath Uon, six, fell in love with 20 ft Burmese python Lucky when she first arrived in the village and was only 20 inches long, and now refuses to go to bed alone.
He said: "I love the python like my sister. All my friends are jealous of her." Despite Sambath’s parents attempting to return Lucky to a nearby forest three times, she kept coming back, and locals now believe the reptile has healing powers.
Sambath’s mother, Kim Kanara, said: "She is a member of the family now. We shelter, feed, bathe and even pray to her. Some people have recovered from sickness after being blessed by her."

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A Russian man blew himself up with a hand grenade when he was confronted by ticket conductors on a train.
The man was approached by inspectors who thought they spotted a grenade in his hand. When they asked him to leave the train at Asha station, in the South Urals region, he refused and set off the grenade.
Local prosecutor Liana Ergasheva said: "Inspectors wanted to check the papers of passengers who looked drunk, but he took out a grenade." Passengers were evacuated after the explosion destroyed all the windows in the carriage.

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